Tuition Fee
2025/26 tuition fee: £17,010
Accommodation Fee
As an International Foundation student you can opt for university accommodation at Dalriada village in Jordanstown. You could stay in the heart of Belfast City Centre at 123 York Street.
Application date
Submit your application before 14 August 2025 to be guaranteed a place in university accommodation.
Accommodation cost
Accommodation cost for 2025/26 have not yet been confirmed but for illustration purposes in 2024/25 accommodation fees started from £139 per week.
Number of weeks
University accommodation stay is for 37 weeks. If you opt for 123 York Street your stay will be 44 weeks.
Cost of Living
As an International Foundation Year student, your average weekly living costs could look something like this:
Expenditure (per week) | £GBP |
|---|---|
| Accommodation | £127 (starting from) |
| Food | £45 |
| Utilities (gas, electricity, water etc) | included in accommodation |
| General expenses (socialising etc.) | £35 |
| Travel | £5 (depending on campus) |
| Total weekly living cost | £212 |
Most affordable region
Not only was Belfast voted as the 2nd Friendliest UK city in 2023, it was also voted as one of the top 10 cities in UK by Condé Nast Traveller, 2023.
Northern Ireland is the most affordable region for international students in the UK to live, work and study with the lowest student cost of living in the UK. (National Student Money Survey, 2023).
